🌈 is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?
The fic that fought me hardest recently was Enter Bastard. I got stuck at the sex scene and couldn’t figure out the next step… I think I have 20 or so pages of deleted scenes lol. Normally when I get this stuck on a fic I give it up but I was fucking dedicated to getting this thing written just because it’s the only fic I knew about that picked up the “what of Baz DID go to Ibiza” joke and I wanted the credit. Also I wanted to prove to myself that I could finish a Watford-era fic; that’s a theme I struggle with in general.
🎈 describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?
My goal as a writer is to never take myself too seriously, and that doesn’t change. And by that I mean: I obviously want my writing to be good, and I want to make people feel things, but I’m not out here trying to pretend I have the secrets or that I’m amazing. I want the reader to come with me on the journey. I want to hold hands. I want to create meaning together. I’m not some omnipotent god out here to impress people with what I’ve done; I’m a conduit. I’ll never be the best writer, I’ll never be the funniest writer. I’ll never have the best plots or the best characters. But maybe I can be a kind writer, to myself and to others.